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Millionaires crowd U.S. presidential field: paper (Reuters)
Filed: May 16th 2007: Republican

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks as ten Republican presidential hopefuls hold a nationally televised political debate from the Koger Center at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina May 15, 2007. At least 10 of the Republicans and Democrats hoping to run for U.S. president in the November 2008 election are millionaires, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and founder of a private equity firm, is the richest of the field with personal assets estimated by his campaign at $190 million to $250 million, the Post reported. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)Reuters - At least 10 of the Republicans and
Democrats hoping to run for U.S. president in the November 2008
election are millionaires, The Washington Post reported on
Thursday.

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